Roger Whittaker - "The Last Farewell" (1988) - MDA Telethon 

A fitting tribute to Roger Whitaker, may he rest in peace.

❤My first memory of any song was of this song. Me and my Sister aged 3 and 4 years old grew up in an orphanage in London in the early 1970s and the ladies who worked there used to sing it to the kids when it was on the radio. R.I.P. Thank You

You had to see Roger live. He just loved people and this shone in his concert. There is another gentleman in heaven.. May you find peace wherever you are.

Our last farewell, may we bid you a divine journey. Thank you for the music. Rip.

RIP Roger Whittaker - wonderful singer and a very fine human being. x

R.I.P Roger. Thanks for the great songs and beautiful voice - truly missed 😔

Roger has such a deep, beautiful voice, love his songs.

So sad to hear of the passing of Roger so many memories of my parents and my childhood listening to his music hope you are singing in heaven Rest in peace x

MY Family Every year would Watch the MDA Telethon and Contribute as well. Miss Watching it. RIP Mr Jerry Lewis.

🌠🏝🏝🌹🙏 Fair Winds and Following Seas, to you dear Roger Whittaker...Farewell😌🦋 We shall miss you so much!🏝🏝

Roger has such a beautiful voice, never tire of listening to him.

My fiancee died 4 months ago - and I have loved him dearly, more dearly than a spoken word can tell (and still do)😢 Thanks for this moving song and your heartwarming voice Roger Whittaker - and may you rest in Peace🕯️

Love this one,and all of his others ❤. Miss him.

Beautiful !....takes me back !🌊🌊🌊🌊

Absolutely 💯 brilliant entertainer.A great loss.

So much love . Amazing man . Sleep tight x x c

RIP

Wonderful

Eines seiner schönsten Lieder.

Kenyans are mourning the death of Kenyan-born British folk singer and expert whistler Roger Whittaker, who is especially famed locally for his 1982 hit song My Land is Kenya but my favourite is this song..

So smooth!!

😢Rip Mr WITTAKER ♥️😥

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* The Last Farewell * There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harb inor Tomorrow for old England she sails Far away from your land of endless sunshine To my land full of rainy skies and gales And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing And the taste of war I know so very well Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising Their guns on fire as we sail into hell I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow But how bitter will be this last farewell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell Though death and darkness gather all about me My ship be torn apart upon the seas I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee And should I return home safe again to England I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell

i remember these jerry lewis telethons it was very popular in the 50's 60's 70 and 80 and 90's until 2010.

One of Roger's greatest recordings. The problem with the MDA telethons is that they were too long, and performers such as Sandy Duncan and Frank Sinatra would do their numbers while the majority of viewers were fast asleep! It's no wonder that the telethons were eventually discontinued.

I met Roger twice in my life, chatted with him back stage in cologne in 1976/7 then at a charity do in Hereford. a great guy ,,,,,,, god bless him,,,,,

Rip😢

Das war mit mein lieblingslied von Roger er fehlt doch sehr

His phrasing is impeccable.

RIP ROGER DIED SEPTEMBER 13TH 2023

That's wgn theme song.

RIP

RIP